Loyalty. Software as a Service?

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:42:00 +0000

We already mentioned in the post (http://www.pointloyalty.com/blog/2009/02/24/loyalty-on-demand/) dedicated to ‘software-as-a-service’ why this approach is not yet very popular. Besides all issues described we can list some additional obstacles: the fear to disclose company’s sensitive data and business processes automation reluctance as it is.
Both obstacles will disappear with time.
Let’s see an example from ERP software sector. Many companies think about full business process automation but complain about high costs of ERP solutions. Nowadays there are several well-established open source ERP projects which can dramatically reduce the costs associated with deploying company automation software. But there are a very small number of open source ERP installations worldwide. The statistics show that all on-demand ERP vendors take only few percents of the global market.
We can see that largest companies choose very expensive solutions from SAP, Microsoft and Oracle. Other companies do not want to solve the issue despite they need to.
Our solution is not as big as ERP. We only provide a solution for loyalty programs management and bonus point’s calculations support.
And you can choose – to install our software in your network or use it from our website on terms Software-as-a-Service .

Loyalty on Demand

admin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:37:00 +0000

Software itself and approaches to work processes automation are changing every year. Nowadays, additionally to traditional custom software development and deployment of existing automation systems it is possible to add a new type – renting software.
Usual terms used to describe software rent:
SaaS – Software-as-a-Service
SoD — Software-on-Demand
There are evident benefits for the customer: making project start cheaper, payment for real usage, reducing costs and resources required for installation and support, predictable schedule of payments, etc.
This approach is also rational for software vendors since it allows penetrating new markets easier. On a global scale SaaS is not a new thing and it is late to speak how this approach revolutionizes the industry, but it is too early to say it became commonplace.
At current time the crisis will probably push some companies to use SoD. It is hard to live without further automation and the path for cutting costs will force companies to search for new solutions. We expand our services exactly in this direction. So, if you think about ‘loyalty on demand’ solutions, you are probably our future client.

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Loyalty. Software as a Service?

Loyalty on Demand